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Broxton W. Bird

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchTree-ring climate responsesCryospheric studies and observationsIsotope Analysis in EcologyArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Publications

143

Citations

3,850

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
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Broxton W. Bird studies past climates by analyzing lake sediments, plant wax chemistry, and other natural records to reconstruct how rainfall, droughts, and floods have changed over thousands of years. His work spans regions including the midcontinental United States, the Tibetan Plateau, and the tropical Andes, and often connects these environmental changes to human societies, such as pre-Columbian Native American populations. This is paleoclimate research, meaning the reconstruction of ancient climate and environmental conditions.

Paleoclimate reconstruction from lake sedimentsHydroclimate variability (droughts and floods)Stable isotope and plant wax analysisHuman-environment interactions and archaeologyHolocene climate change across regions

Publication activity was high in the late 2010s (around 16-19 per year) and has slowed to roughly 4-6 per year more recently, averaging about 4.6 over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.6/year recently
2017: 19 publications19172018: 16 publications182019: 16 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
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  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×23
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×7
  • Quaternary Science Reviews×5
  • Publisher×5
  • AGUFM×5

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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